Sneak attacks, on the other hand, are common, and many warriors use stealth to engage opponents in hand-to-hand combat.ĮA Ulm has amazing cold resistant murder machine troops, a broad selection of magic cross paths, scouts recruitable out of any forest or mountain province, discounted magic items, and the ability to create entirely stealthy armies (if not completely stealthy doom stacks). Horses are rare and those who use them in warfare are held in contempt. Smithing has become the equivalent of making a sacrifice to the Lord and no other culture has developed such skill in forging magical items. Steel is a sacred metal and its maker is as well. The barbarians of Ulm live in small settlements ruled by chieftains and warrior-smiths who search for the Enigma of Steel. Those who survive the winter are allowed to return to their family. Upon becoming men, youngsters are given a single knife and left in the forest at first snowfall. Their ancestry has made the inhabitants of the forests stronger and more resilient to the cold climate than ordinary men. These wild lands were settled by proud and fierce barbarians in ages past. Ulm is a land of cold mountains and dense forests. Another feature common amongst the traditional, Anglo-Saxon and Protestant, gothic novel is that it takes place in some part of Catholic Europe, so making a Goethicized fantasy “Bavarian” Ulm is a natural step, I think. One of the classic ingredients of gothic novels is tainted bloodlines. Late Ulm is an intended shift of style towards central and eastern Europe, southern Germany/Bavaria, and Transylvania. Ulm of the later eras is inspired by, amongst others, Teutonic Knights and German Landsknechts. Ulm in the early era is an Ulm before the arrival civilization. Then think of the German tribes described by Caesar in The Gallic Wars, the Roman disaster of the Teutoburger Forest, and the pagan temple at Irminsul. Think of fur-dressed shamen and warrior smiths speaking of the Enigma of Steel. Think Conan! Or at least, think of the first five minutes of Conan, the Barbarian, when Conan's family is slaughtered by Thulsa Doom and the young boy is brought to slavery. Ulm is a nation that goes through major changes with the eras.
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